Programme for the 2nd Trans-Tasman Symposium on Occultations

Sunday March 22 2008








Sun 15:30
Glenleigh






Steve Kerr,
RASNZ, AS&T


"Opening address, 2nd Trans-Tasman Symposium on Occultations"












Sun 16:00
Glenleigh






Dave Gault,
ASNSW, RASNZ


"The Occultation of (324) Bamberga"












Sun 16:15

Glenleigh






Brian Loader,
RASNZ


"Observing Double Stars during Lunar Occultations"












Sun 16:30

Glenleigh






Stephen Russell,
ASNSW


"Two Years of Success: Grazing with Team Occultation"










Monday March 23 2008













Event Planning, Coordination and Reporting







Mon 09:00







Dave Gault,
ASNSW, RASNZ


Demonstration of Occult Version 4












Mon 09:30







Hristo Pavlov,
ASNSW


Demonstration of OccultWatcher












Mon 10:00







David Herald,
CAS


IOTA, MPC and new arrangements for reporting Lunar Occultations














Mon 10:30






Morning tea















Equipment and Observing Techniques








Mon 11:00







David Herald, Hristo Pavlov, and Dave Gault



Timing equipment: the "VNGUC Time Receiver", "Kiwi-PC", and "BeeperSync"












Mon 11:30







Dave Gault,
ASNSW, RASNZ


Video Cameras and KIWI OSD












Mon 11:50







Jonathan Bradshaw



The timing characteristics of Watec vs Mintron-based video cameras (WAT-120N v G-Star)












Mon 12:10







Stephen Russell and Hristo Pavlov,
ASNSW


Recording Equipment: Digital Video Tape, and Straight to Hard Disk Drive













Mon 12:30






Lunch








Mon 13:30






Workshop (Part 1)









Mon 15:00






Afternoon tea









Mon 15:30






Workshop (Part 2)








Mon 17:00






Conclusion